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"Mitsotakis announced an IMF memorandum that will lead the country back to the IMF" said Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' press office in an announcement after the conclusion of the main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis' speech at...

Beijing's Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, is currently showing an exhibit of 350 Ancient Greek artifacts. The exhibit will be open until December 16. The nearly-priceless antiquities were found nearly 2,000 years after they were buried at...

The Piraeus-Kifissia Electric Railway, known to most as the "Ilektrikos" has been in operation for almost 150 years, during which time it has significantly transformed the world of transportation for Athenians and travelers alike. What started off as a transportation...

The President of the center-right New Democracy Party and Leader of the Opposition in Greece, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis gave a speech on Saturday in Thessalonikis’ Ioannis Vellidis Conference Center. Mr. Mitsotakis attacked the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and said...

Many people know the famous Côte d'Azur in the French Riviera. But who knew that Greece’s Peloponnese has a pretty similar area with amazing turquoise waters, Mediterranean vegetation, super luxurious hotels, and amazing villas next to small ports full...

One of the most popular newspapers in Britain, the Guardian, featured Athens in one of its travel editions this week. The British paper created a list of must-see places in the Greek capital. Among them was the Acropolis Museum with...

The cost of labor was increased by 2.2 percent in Euro-area during the second quarter of 2018, according to data published by Eurostat. This didn’t happen due to higher wages but mainly because of the increase in taxation of labor. Across...

During the period between January and August 2018, the General Government of Greece achieved a primary budget surplus of €3.14 billion ($3.67 billion), thanks to higher-than-expected revenues and lower spending. The Government’s budget was expected to have a primary deficit...

A new poll conducted by Prorata was published today by the Greek newspaper Efimerida Ton Syntakton. and according to the poll, the Center-Right New Democracy party leads SYRIZA by 5.5 percent, reaching 24.5 percent of the vote while Left-wing...

  The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church announced that it will end its participation in every structure that is chaired by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and it will no longer mention the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, as...

A new barrage of provocative violations of Greek airspace by Turkish fighter jets took place on Thursday over the Aegean, with Greek Air Force planes forced to intercept, resulting in a virtual jet fight. Specifically, Turkish aircraft made 43 violations...

Greek authorities decided to shut down the beach of Navagio in the island of Zakynthos after the landslide on Thursday that injured at least three people. The decision was made on the grounds of safety issues by the port authority...

Bright Star is a multinational aeronautical military exercise in the Mediterranean Sea that was established in 1980, after a peace agreement was signed a year earlier in USA’s Camp David between Egypt and Israel under Jimmy Carter’s administration. Since then,...

Greece's Supreme Court, Areios Pagos, upheld the verdict of Thessaloniki's Court later this year that Alexander Vinnik, a 39-year old Russian national who is also known as “Mr. Bitcoin,” can be extradited to face a trial in Russia. Mr Bitcoin...

A high-ranked source from within the Greek Government has denied the claims that Athenian and Macedonian News Agency's report made regarding an alleged deal between the Greek Authorities and the European Institutions regarding the issue of the upcoming pension cuts...